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*** which measures total length of river systems (i.e., includes tributaries) | *** which measures total length of river systems (i.e., includes tributaries) | ||
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* | * 1. '''Nile''' (Africa; flows into Mediterranean Sea) | ||
1. '''Nile''' (Africa; flows into Mediterranean Sea) | * 2. '''Amazon''' (South America; flows into Atlantic Ocean) | ||
2. '''Amazon'''(South America; flows into Atlantic Ocean) | * 3. '''Yangtze''' (China; flows into East China Sea | ||
3. '''Yangtze'''(China; flows into East China Sea | * 4. '''Mississippi''' (North America; flows into Gulf of Mexico) | ||
4. '''Mississippi'''(North America; flows into Gulf of Mexico) | * 5. '''Yenisei''' (Mongolia-Russia; flows into Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean) | ||
5. '''Yenisei'''(Mongolia-Russia; flows into Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean) | * 6. '''Yellow or Huang He''' (China; flows into Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea) | ||
6. '''Yellow or Huang He'''(China; flows into Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea) | * 7. '''Ob''' (northern-central Asia; flows into the Gulf of Ob, feeding into the Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean) | ||
7. '''Ob''' (northern Asia; flows into the Gulf of Ob, feeding into the Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean) | * 8. '''Rio de la Plata-Parana''' (South America; flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean) | ||
8. '''Rio de la Plata-Parana'''(South America; flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean) | * 9. '''Congo''' (Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean | ||
9. '''Congo''' (Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean | * 10. '''Amur''' (northern-central Asia, flows into the Sea of Okhost, part of the Pacific Ocean) | ||
10. '''Amur'''(northern Asia, flows into the Sea of Okhost, part of the Pacific Ocean) | |||
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* Click EXPAND to see list of the ten longest rivers | * Click EXPAND to see list of the ten longest rivers | ||
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